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Chicago  &  Pacific 


RAILROAD 


nKSCRll'TION    OF 


^^6  ^EW   RAILROAD  ^.^^ 


^H£   STATE   OF   ^^-^^ 


Chicago  to  the  Mississippi  River, 


WITH  COPY  OF  CHARTER,  MAPS,  ETC. 


Compiled  b'    (jeorge  H.  Daniels. 


CHICAGO.   MAY   i.  1873. 


•ilGHI-    AND    LEONARD.     PRINTERS,     I05.    I07    AND    I09    .MADISON    ST. 


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THE 


Chicago  &  Pacific 


RAILROAD 


DESCRIPTION    OF 


^eW  railroad  ;  , 


Chicago  to  the  Mississippi  River, 


WITH  COPY  OF  CHARTER,  MAPS,  ETC. 


COMPILED    BY 


GEORGE   H.  DAlS^IEIiS. 

CHICAGO,  MAY  1,  1873. 


Knight  &  T-eonarii,  Printers,  105-109  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 


THE 


Chicago  &  Pacific 


Railroad  Company. 


DIRECTORS. 

THOMAS  8.  DOBBINS,  KOSELLE  M.  HOUGH, 

GEORGE  S.  BOWEN,  WALTER  L.  PEASE, 

GEORGE  YOUNGS,  JOHN  S.  WILCOX, 

WILLIAM  B.  HOWARD. 

OFFICERS. 

THOMAS  S.  DOBBINS,  President 

GEORGE  S.  BOWEN,  WILLIAM  T.  HUGHES, 

Yice-Prest.  and  Treasurer-.  Secretary. 

JOHN  S.  WILCOX,  JAMES  M.  WHITMAN, 

Solicitor'  Chief  Engineer. 

JAMES  K.  LAKE,  L  G.  OGDEN,  Jr., 

Superintendent.  Auditor  and  Paymaster. 

GEORGE  H.  DANIELS,  GenU  Pass,  and  Freight  Agt. 


THE   CHAliTEK 

OF   THE 

ATLANTIC  AND  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  COMPANY. 


An  Act  to  Incorporate  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That 
John  V.  Ayer,  Darwin  Harvey,  Elliott  Anthony,  and  corporators. 
Azariah  T.  Gait,  and  their  associates,  successors,  heirs, 
and  assigns,  are  hereby  created  a  body  politic  and  cor- 
porate, by  the  name  and  style  of  the  "Atlantic  and  "Name  and 
Pacific  Railroad  Company,''  with  perpetual  succession,  ^ 
and  by  that  name  be  and  are  hereby  made  capable,  in 
law  and  equity,  to  sue  and  be  sued,  plead  and  be  im- 
pleaded, defend  and  be  defended  in  any  court  of  law 
and  equity  in  this  State,  or  any  other  place ;  to  make 
and  use  a  common  seal,  and  the  same  to  alter  or  renew 
at  pleasure ;  and  shall  be,  and  are  hereby,  vested  with 
all  powers,  privileges,  and  immunities  which  are  or  powers, 
may  be  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  pui-poses  and 
objects  of  this  act  as  hereinafter  set  forth ;  and  said 
company  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
locate,  construct,  and  complete  a  railroad  from  a  line 
between  the  States  of  Indiana  and  Illinois,  at  a  point 
in  Cook  county,  Illinois,  to  be  hereafter  selected,  by 
the  way  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  111.,  to  the  Mississippi 
river,  at  any  point  at  or  north  of  the  city  of  Savanna, 
to  be  hereafter  located  :  said  railroad  to  be  laid  out 
and  constructed  upon  the  most  eligible  route  between 
the  points  above  named  ;  and  for  this  purpose  the  said 


THE    CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


Capital  stock. 


Surveys  of 
route. 


Lauas  taken. 


company  is  authorized  to  lay  out  and  locate  its  said 
road  Tv4tli  a  six-foot  gauge,  or  otherwise,  through 
the  whole  length  of  said  route ;  and,  for  the  purpose 
of  cutting  embankments,  stone  and  gravel,  may  take 
and  appropriate  as  much  more  land  as  may  be  neces- 
sary for  the  construction  and  security  of  said  road. 

Sec.  2.  The  capital  stock  of  said  company  shall 
consist  of  two  million  dollars,  which  may  be  increased 
to  any  amount  not  exceeding  tiie  actual  estimated  cost 
of  constructing  and  equiping  their  said  road,  to  be 
divided  into  shares  of  one  hundred  dollars  each.  All 
the  corporate  powers  of  said  company  shall  be  vested 
in  and  exercised  by  a  board  of  seven  directors,  who 
shall  be  chosen  by  the  stockholders  of  said  company, 
in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided ;  who  shall  hold 
their  offices  for  one  year,  or  until  their  successors  shall 
be  elected  and  qualified ;  and  said  directors,  a  majority 
of  whom  shall  form  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business,  shall  elect  one  of  their  number  to  be  the 
president  of  the  company ;  and  said  board  of  directors 
shall  have  power  to  appoint  all  necessary  clerks,  sec- 
retary, treasurer,  and  all  other  officers  deemed  neces- 
sary in  the  transaction  of  the  business  of  said  com- 
pany. 

Sec.  3.  The  said  corporation  is  hereby  authorized 
by  its  agents,  surveyors,  and  engineers,  to  cause  such 
examinations  and  surveys  to  be  made  of  the  ground 
and  the  country  as  shall  be  necessary  to  determine  the 
most  desiral)le  route  whereon  to  construct  their  said 
railroad ;  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  said  company  to 
enter  upoH  and  take  possession  of  and  use  all  such 
lands  and  real  estate  as  will  or  may  be  necessary  for 
the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  said  railroad, 
its  depots,  side-tracks,  water-stations,  engine-houses, 
machine-shops,  and  other  buildings  and  appendages 
necessary  to  the  construction  of  said  railroad.  Pro- 
vided that  all  lands  or  real  estate  entered  upon  and 
taken  possession  of  by  said  corporation,  for  the  ])urpose 
and  accommodation  of  said  railroad,  or  upon  which 


THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  7 

the  site  for  said  railroad  shall  have  been  located  or 
detet-mined  by  said  corporation,  shall  be  paid  for  by 
said  company,  in  damages,  if  any  be  sustained  by  the 
owner  or  owners  thereof,  by  the  use  of  the  same  for 
the  purposes  of  said  railroad ;  and  all  lands  entered 
upon  and  taken  for  use  of  said  corporation  which  are 
not  donated  to  said  company  shall  be  paid  for  by  said 
corporation,  at  such  times  as  may  be  mutually  agreed 
upon  by  the  said  corporation  and  th§  owner  or  owners 
of  such  lands ;  and,  in  case  of  disagreement,  the  price 
shall  be  estimated,  fixed,  and  recovered  in  the  manner 
provided  for  taking  lands  for  the  construction  of  pub- 
lic roads,  canals,  or  other  public  works,  as  prescribed 
by  the  act  concerning  the  right  of  way,  approved 
March  3,  1845,  and  the  amendments  thereto. 

Sec.  4.  The  time  of  holding  the  annual  meeting  Anuuai  meet- 
of  said  directors  shall  be  fixed  and  determined  by  the  ^°«®- 
by-laws  of  said  company ;  and  at  all  meetings  each 
stockholder  shall  be  entitled  to  a  vote  in  person,  or  by 
lawful  proxy,  one  vote  for  each  share  of  stock,  he,  she. 
or  they  may  hold,  bona  fide,  in  said  company,  upon 
which  all  installments  called  have  been  paid. 

Sec.  5.  The  persons  named  m  the  first  section  of 
this  act  are  hereby  appointed  commissioners,  w^ho,  or 
a  majority  of  them,  are  hereby  authorized  to  open,  or 
cause  to  be  opened,  subscription  books  for  the  stock  Books  of  sub 
of  said  company,  at  such  time  and  place  as  they  may  scription. 
think  proper ;  and  also  to  appoint  one  or  more  agents 
to  open  such  books  and  receive  such  subscriptions. 
The  said  commissioners,  or  their  agents,  shall  require 
each  subscriber  to  pay  five  dollars,  or  execute  a  note 
therefor,  as  they  shall  determine,  on  each  shale  sub- 
scribed, at  the  time  of  subscribing;  and  whenever 
fifty  thousand  dollars  shall  be  subscribed,  the  said 
commissioners  shall  call  a  meeting  {ox  a  majority  of 
them  shall)  of  the  stockholders,  by  giving  twenty 
days'  notice  in  some  newspaper  printed  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  or  by  personal  notice,  served  upon  each  of 


8  THE    CHICAGO   AXD    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

the  stockholders,  of  the  time  and  phice  of  such  meet- 
ing, at  least  ten  days  previous  to  the  time  of  such 
meeting ;  and  at  such  meeting,  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  stockholders  to  elect  the  directors  of  said  com- 
pany, and  transact  any  other  necessary  business ;  and 
when  the  directors  are  chosen,  the  said  commissioners 
shall  deliver  said  subscription  books,  'with  all  sums  of 
money  and  notes  received  by  them,  or  by  any  agent 
appointed  by  them  as  commissioner,  to  said  directors. 
No  person  shall  be  a  director  unless  he  shall  be  a  bona 
fide  stockholder  in  said  company. 

Sec  6.  The  directors  of  said  company,  after  the 
same  is  organized,  are  hereby  authorized  and  empow- 
subscription  cred  to  take  and  receive  subscriptions  to  their  said 
to  stock.  capital  stock,  on  such  terms  and  in  such  amounts  as 
they  may  deem  for  the  interest  of  said  company,  and 
as  they  may  prescribe  by  their  by-laws  or  regulations, 
from  any  other  railroad  or  corporation,  and  from  any 
county,  city,  town,  or  village  making  the  same,  pro- 
vided said  company  shall  not  be  authorized  to  take  or 
receive  subscriptions  to  its  capital  stock  payable  m 
real  estate, 
ght  of  way.  Sec.  7.  That  the  right  of  "way,  and  the  real  estate 
purchased  for  the  right  of  way,  or  other  purposes,  by 
said  company,  whether  by  mutual  agreement  or  other- 
wise, or  which  shall  become  the  property  of  said  com- 
pany by  operation  of  law,  as  m  this  act  provided,  shall, 
upon  payment  of  the  amount  of  money  belonging  to 
the  owner  or  owners  of  said  lands  as  a  compensation 
for  the  same,  become  the  property  of  said  company  in 
fee  simple. 

Sec.'S.  The  said  corporation  may  take  and  trans- 
port on  said  railroad  any  person  or  persons,  merchan- 
dise or  other  property  by  the  force  and  power  of  steam, 
or  animals,  or,  any  combination  of  them ;  and  may  fix, 
establish,  take,  and  receive  such  rates  of  toll  for  all 
passengers  and  property  transported  upon  the  same, 
as  the  directors  shall  from  time  to  time  establish ;  and 
the  directors  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 


THE    CHICAGO    AND    I'ACTFTC    RAILROAD.  9 

make  all  necessary  rules,  by-laws,  regulations,  and  By-iaws. 
ordinances  that  tliey  may  deem  necessary  and  expedi- 
ent to  accomplish  the  designs  and  purposes,  and  to 
carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  for  the 
transfer  and  assignment  of  its  stock,  which  is  hereby 
declared  personal  property,  and  transferable  in  such 
manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  the  by-laws  and  ordi- 
nances of  said  company. 

8ec.  9.  In  case  of  death,  resignation,  or  removal  of  Vacancy, 
the  president,  vice-president,  or  any  director,  at  any 
time  before  the  annual  election,  such  vacancies  shall  be 
filled  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  whenever  they 
may  happen,  by  the  board  of  directors ;  and  in  case  of 
absence  of  the  president  and  vice-president,  the  board 
of  directors  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  president 
pro  tempore,  who  shall  have  and  exercise  such  powers 
and  functions  as  the  by-laws  of  the  said  corporation 
may  provide.  In  case  it  should  at  any  time  happen 
that  an  election  shall  not  be  made  on  any  day  on 
which,  in  pursuance  of  this  act,  it  ought  to  be  made, 
the  said  corporation  shall  not,  for  that  cause,  be 
deemed  dissolved,  but  such  election  shall  be  held  at 
any  other  time  directed  by  the  by-laws  of  said  corpo- 
ration. 

Sec  10.  Whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  for  the 
construction  of  said  railroad  to  intersect  or  cross  a  crossing  of 
track  of  any  other  railroad,  or  stream  of  water,  or  ''°^^-- 
watercourse,  or  road,  or  highway,  on  the  route  of  said 
railroad,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  company  to  con- 
struct their  railroad  across  or  upon  the  same,  provided 
the  said  railroad  shall  restore  the  railroad,  stream  of 
water,  watercourse,  road,  or  highway  thus  intersected 
or  crossed,  to  its  former  state,  or  m  a  sufficient  man- 
ner not  materially  to  impair  its  usefulness. 

Sec.  11.     Said  company  shall  have  power,  and  it  is 
hereby  made  lawful  for  said  company  to  unite  or  con-  consolidation. 
solidate  its  railroad  with  any  other  railroad  or  rail- 
roads now  constructed,  or  being  constructed,  or  which 
may  hereafter  be  constructed,  within  this  or  any  other 


10  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

State,  which  may  cross  or  intersect  the  same,  or  be 
built  along  the  line  thereof,  upon  such  terms  as  may 
be  mutually  agreed  upon  between  the  said  company 
or  any  other  company;  and  for  that  purpose  full 
power  is  hereby  given  to  said  company  to  make  and 
execute  such  contracts  with  any  other  company  or 
companies  as  will  secure  the  object  of  such  connec- 
tion or  consolidations. 

Borrow  mouey.  Sec.  13.  That  tlie  Said  railroad  company,  by  this 
act  incorporated,  shall  have  power  to  borrow  money 
on  the  credit  of  the  company,  not  exceeding  its 
authorized  capital  stock,  at  a  rate  of  interest  not 
exceeding  ten  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi- 
annually ;  and  may  execute  bonds  therefor,  with  in- 
terest coupons  thereto  annexed,  and  secure  the  pay- 
ment of  the  same  by  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust  on  the 
whole  or  any  part  thereof  of  the  said  railroad,  prop- 
erty, and  income  of  the  company  then  existing,  or 
thereafter  to  be  acquired;  and  may  annex  to  said 
mortgage  bonds  the  privilege  of  converting  the  same 
into  the  capital  stock  of  the  company,  at  par,  at  the 
option  of  the  holders,  if  such  election  be  signified  in 
writing  to  the  company  three  years  before  the  matu- 
rity of  said  bonds. 

May  sell  bonds.  »*'EC.  13.  That  the  directorg  of  said  company  be 
and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  negotiate  and  sell 
the  bonds  of  the  said  company,  at  such  times  and  in 
such  places,  either  withm  or  without  this  State,  and 
at  such  rates  and  for  such  prices  as,  in  their  opinion, 
will  best  advance  the  interest  of  the  company ;  and  if 
such  bonds  are  thus  negotiated  or  sold  at  a  discount 
below  their  par  value,  such  sale  shall  be  as  valid  and 
binding  on  the  company,  in  every  respect,  as  if  they 
were  sold  or  disposed  of  at  their  par  value. 

Sec.  14.     That  the  said  company,  in  securing  the 

Trust  deed  and  payment  of  Said  bonds  by  a  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust 

mortgage.  ^^J^  ^|^g  Yond,  property,  and  income  of  the  company, 
shall  have  power  to  execute  a  mortgage  or  deed  of 
trust,  aforesaid,  to  receive  the  payment  of  the  full 


THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  11 

amount  of  bonds,  which  the  company  may  at  the  time 
said  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust  bears  date,  or  at  amy 
time  thereafter,  desire  to  sell  or  dispose  of,  and  may 
execute  and  sell,  from  time  to  time,  such  amounts  of 
said  bouds,  and  of  such  dates,  and  payable  to  sucli 
persons,  as  the  directors  of  said  company  may  deem 
advisable,  till  the  whole  amount  of  bonds  mentioned 
in  such  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust  is  executed  and 
sold ;  and  the  said  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust  shall  be 
as  valid  and  effectual  to  secure  the  payment  of  the 
bonds  so  executed  and  sold,  and  every  part  thereof,  as 
if  the  same,  and  every  part  thereof,  had  been  executed 
with  even  date  with  the  said  mortgage  or  deed  of 
trust. 

Sec.  15.  This  act  shall  be  deemed  a  jniblic  act.  and 
is  hereby  so  declared,  and  shall  be  favorably  construed 
for  all  purposes  herein  expressed  and  declared,  in  all 
courts  and  places  whatsoever,  and  shall  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  10,  1865. 


12  THE    CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    KAILROAD. 


ORGAXIZATIOK  OF  THE  C0MPA:N^Y. 


In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  charter, 
books  of  subscription  to  the  capital  stock  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  Eailroad  Company,  were  opened  by  Darwin  Harvey,. 
Azariah  T.  Gait  and  Elliott  Anthony  on  the  first  day  of  June, 
A.  D.  1870,  and  on  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1870, 
the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Eailroad  Company  was  duly  organized 
according  to  law,  and  on  the  Gth  day  of  February,  1872,  at  a 
regular  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  said  company,  held  at  the 
office  of  the  company  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  the  following  board 
of  directors  were  elected :  Eoselle  M.  Hough,  Thomas  S.  Dob- 
bins, George  Youngs,  Walter  L.  Pease,  John  S.  Wilcox,  Harry 
Fox,  and  George  S.  Bowen. 

The  board  at  once  proceeded  to  an  organization  by  electing 
Eoselle  M.  Hough,  president ;  Thomas  S.  Dobbins,  vice-president ; 
Chauncey  T.  Bowen,  treasurer ;  William  T.  Hughes,  secretary ; 
and  John  S.  Wilcox,  attorney. 


CHANGE    OF   NAME. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors,  held  at  their 
office  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1871,  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  was  unanimously  adopted : 

"Resolved,  That  the  name  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Eailroad 
Company  be  changed  to  that  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Eailroad 
Company,  and  that  the  requisite  steps  be  taken  immediately  by 
.the  board  of  directors  to  secure  the  same." 

(This  action  was  deemed  necessary  by  the  directors,  there  being, 
mother  railroad  of  the  same  name  in  operation  in  the  West.) 


THE   CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAl     -^OAD.  13 

Under  the  provisions  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
■of  Illinois,  entitled  an  act  to  provide  for  changing  the  names  of 
incorporated  companies,  approved  March  twfnty-sixth,  1872, 
and  in  accordance  witli  the  law  in. such  cases  made  and  pro- 
vided, due  notice  thereof  having  been  given  to  ec\ch  stockholder 
by  mail,  and  by  publication  in  a  newspaper  as  required  by  said  act, 
a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company  was  held  at  the  general  office  of  the  company 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  State  of  Illinois,  on  the  thirtieth  day 
of  April,  A.  D.  1872,  and  at  such  meeting  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  more 
than  tAvo-thirds  of  all  the  votes  represented  by  the  whole  stoct 
of  said  corporation. 

"  Resolved,  That  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  an  acf 
of  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  an  act  to  pro- 
vide for  changing  the  name  of  incorporated  companies, 
approved  March  twenty-sixth,  1872,  the  name  of  the  Athntio 
and  Pacific  Railroad  Company  be  changed  to  that  of  the  Chi 
cago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company." 

Which  said  change  of  name  was  published  for  three  succesr  ^ 
weeks  in  the  Chicago  Evming  Post,  as  required  by  law. 


[Extract  from  an  Ordinance  of  City  Council  of  CJiicago.] 

On  the  twelfth  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1872,  the  common  council 
of  the  city  of  Chicago  passed  an  ordinance  granting  *'  permission 
and  authority  to  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company  and 
to  its  successors,  to  put  down,  construct,  and  maintain  a  railroad 
with  a  single  or  double  track,  and  all  necessary  switches  and 
turn-outs,  along  and  upon  the  following  named  routes  and 
streets  in  the  city  of  Chicago  Commencing  at  the  western 
limits  of  the  city,  at  Bloommgdale  road  (or  street),  thence  on 
said  Bloomingdale  road  to  and  across  Coventry  street,  thence  on 
any  property  said  company  may  acquire,  by  purchase,  condemna- 
tion, or  otherwise,  to  the  North  Branch  of  the  Chicago  river, 
thence  across  said  North  Branch  and  on  any  property  said 
company  may  acquire   by  purchase,   condemnation,  or  other- 


14  THE   CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    KAILEOAD. 

wise,  to  Jones  avenue,  thence  on  said  Jones  avenue  and 
Hawthorne  avenue  to  Willow  street,  thence  on  any  property 
said  company  may  acquire  by  purchase,  condemnation,  or  other- 
wise, to  North  avenue ;  thence  across  North  avenue  to  Cherry  ave- 
nue ;  thence  on  Cherry  avenue  to  and  across  the  North  branch 
canal ;  thence  on  Cherry  avenue  and  North  Branch  street  to  and 
across  the  North  Branch  canal  and  to  Hawthorne  avenue ;  and  from 
said  North  Branch  street  on  any  property  said  company  may 
acquire  by  purchase,  condemnation,  or  otherwise,  west  of  Larrabee 
street  and  east  of  the  North  Branch  of  the  Chicago  river  to 
Chicago  avenue.  And  also  to  put  down,  construct,  and  mam- 
tain,  for  passenger  cars  only,  a  single  or  double  track  from  the 
north  side  of  said  Willow  street  on  said  Hawthorne  avenue  to 
Larrabee  street,  with  authority  to  run  their  cars  over  and  along 
said  tracks  with  steam  or  other  power  as  said  company  may 
deem  best." 


EESOLUTION    OF    DIRECTORS    ACCEPTING 
ORDINANCE. 


At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Chicago 
and  Pacitic  Railroad,  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  on  the  17th  day  of  June.  1872,  the  following 
resolution  was  mtroduced,  and  adopted  by  the  unanimous  vote 
of  said  board ;  to-wit. : 

Resolved,  That  the  ordinance  entitled  "An  Ordinance  concern- 
ing the  Chicago  and  Pacitic  Railroad  Company,  and  the  Chicago 
and  Evanston  Railroad  Company,"  passed  by  the  common  council 
of  the  city  of  Chicago  on  the  12th  day  of  June,  1872,  and  ap- 
proved by  Hon.  Joseph  Medill,  mayor  of  said  city,  on  the  14th 
day  of  June,  A.  D.  1872,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted  and 
approved,  so  far  as  tlie  terms  and  provisions  thereof  pertain  to 
said  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 


THE   CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  15 


SKETCH   OF   THE   COUNTRY 

THROUGH    WHICH   THE 

CHICAGO  AND  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  PASSES. 


The  section  of  country  through  which  the  road  passes  is  now 
the  richest  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  is  destined  to  be  one  of 
the  wealthiest  and  most  populous  portions  of  the  American  con- 
tinent. Situated,  as  it  is,  directly  upon  the  great  highway  of 
commerce  between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts,  over  which 
must  pass  not  only  the  immense  traffic  of  the  great  producing 
Western  States  and  rapidly  improving  Territories,  to  Chicago,  as 
the  grand  receptacle  for  the  agricultural  products  of  the  West, 
and  the  depot  for  the  distribution  of  the  manufactured  articles 
of  Illinois,  Iowa,  Wisconsin,  Michigan,  Missouri,  Ohio,  Indiana 
and  the  Middle  and  Eastern  States,  but  also  the  international 
commerce  of  Europe  and  the  East  Indies,  China  and  Japan. 

It  is  but  a  few  years  since  the  first  iron-working  establishment 
was  put  in  operation  in  Northern  Illinois,  and  already  it  is  pre- 
dicted that  the  country  comprised  within  a  circle  of  one  hundred 
miles  around  Chicago  is  to  be  the  future  iron  center  of  America. 
Its  direct  communication  by  water  with  the  great  iron  mines  of 
the  Lake  Superior  region  affording  the  cheapest  kind  of  trans- 
p.ortation  for  the 'ore,  and  its  close  proximity  to  the  endless  fields 
of  block  coal  of  Indiana,  which  the  most  eminent  scientists  of  the 
United  States  agree  in  pronouncing  the  best  yet  discovered  for 
the  manufacture  of  iron  and  steel,  form  the  basis  for  this  predic- 
tion. Whether  it  will  ever  be  literally  fulfilled  or  not,  the  future 
alone  can  tell ;  but  it  is  certain  that  Northern  Illinois,  with  its 
magnificent  water  power,  and  with  iron  ore  and  coal  so  easy  of 
access,  must  inevitably  do  a  very  large  amount  of  manufacturing. 


16  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

FROM   CHICAGO   TO   ELGIN.     . 

Leaving  the  city  of  Chicago  by  Bloomingdale  avenue,  the  road 
passes  through  the  towns  of  Jefferson,  Leyden,  Addison,  Bloom- 
ingdale, and  Hanover,  in  Cook  and  DuPage  counties,  to  the  city 
of  Elgin,  in  Kane  county,  midway  between  the  Wisconsin  and 
the  Galena  Divisions  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Rail- 
way, at  an  average  distance  of  five  and  a  half  miles  from  the 
Galena  Division  on  the  south,  and  seven  and  a  half  miles  from 
the  Wisconsin  Division  on  the  north.  These  towns  are  thickly 
settled  by  an  intelligent,  industrious  and  thrifty  population.  The 
land  is  cut  up  into  small  farms,  which  are  not  only  well  im- 
proved, but  fully  stocked  with  everything  which  makes  agricul- 
ture profitable :  and  nearly  every  acre  of  the  ground  is  under  a 
high  state  of  cultivation.  Large  quantities  of  fruit  and  vegeta- 
bles are  raised,  as  well  as  small  grains  and  stock.  The  milk, 
butter  and  cheese  of  this  region  are  unsurpassed  by  any  in  tha 
State;  and  for  all  their  products  a  ready  market  is  found  in 
Chicago. 

Heretofore,  a  large  portion  of  the  farmers  of  this  rich  tract  of 
country,  which  is  so  intimately  connected  with  Chicago,  have 
been  obliged  to  cart  their  produce  from  four  to  eight  miles  to  a 
depot  or  haul  to  Chicago  to  get  it  to  market. 

They  are  fully  alive  to  the  importance  of  a  line  of  railroad 
which  will  give  them  facilities  for  getting  to  and  from  their  mar- 
ket, and  liberal  subscriptions  to  the  capital  stock  of  the  company 
have  been  obtained  from  persons  living  along  the  line  of  the  road 
between  Chicago  and  Elgin.  The  right  of  way  has  also  been 
obtained  upon  very  reasonable  terms. 

MILK  SHIPPED  TO  CHICAGO. 

Some  idea  of  the  quantity  of  milk  shipped  to  Chicago  from  the 
country  between  Chicago  and  the  Fox  river,  through  which  the 
Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  passes,  may  be  obtained  by  a  peru- 
sal of  the  following  figures,  compiled  from  the  official  report 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  Northwestern  Dairyman's  Association, 
held  at  Elgin,  Hlinois,  January  16th,  17th  and  18th,  1873. 


THE    CHICAGO    AXD    PACIFIC    KAILKOAD. 


17 


NAME  OP  STATION. 


No.  of  Gallons. 


Amount  of 
Frci-^'ht  Paid. 


Dundee    

Elgin 

Clintonville    .  . .  . 

Wayne 

Elmhurst 

Huntley 

Turner  Junction 

Dunton      

Barnngton   ...    . 
Gilberts 


Totals 


1,82."3,;313 


$48,G25  00 


In  addition  to  tlie  Qiilk  shipped  to  Chicago,  there  is  an  immense 
quantity  which  is  manufactured  into  butter  and  cheese ;  and  it  is 
estimated  that  the  income  to  this  road  from  milk  and  its  products 
alone  will  amount  to  over  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  1873. 

SUBURBAN  TOWNS. 

Arrangements  are  already  making  for  building  several  suburban 
towns  along  the  line  of  the  road  between  Chicago  and  Elgin  by 
capitalists  of  Chicago,  which  will  at  once  make  a  large  business 
for  tiie  suburban  trains  which  will  be  placed  upon  the  road  and 
run  regularly  by  the  first  of  March,  1873. 

The  first  of  the  suburban  towns  is 

HUMBOLDT, 
Situated  on  the  Boulevard  leading  from  Humboldt  park  to 
Lincoln  park,  four  miles  and  three-quarters  from  the  Chicago 
Court-House,  and  a  quarter  of  a  mile  north  from  Humboldt  park. 
Mr.  Henry  Greenebaum,  the  German  banker  of  Chicago, 
Charles  Proebsting,  Franz  Arnold,  and  other  capitalists,  are 
largely  interested  in  this  beautiful  suburb,  and  they  have  nearly 
completed  a  numlier  of  dwellings,  which  will  be  occupied  by 
the  first  of  January,  and  the  town  will  be  rapidly  built  up.  An 
artesian  well  is  being  sunk,  and  a  handsome  depot,  with  taste- 
fully arranged  grounds,  has  been  built.  Mr.  Greenebaum  and 
the  gentlemen  interested  with  him  in  Humboldt,  are  determined 
to  make  it  so  pleasant  and  attractive  as  to  induce  a  large  mi- 
gration to  it  from  the  city.  It  is  expected  that  from  seventy- 
five  to  one  hundred  houses  will  be  erected  at  this  station  alone. 


18  THE    CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

during  1873,  which  will  be  occupied  entirely  by  persons  doing 
business  in  the  city.     At 

ALMIRA, 

Half  a  mile  west  of  Humboldt,  a  town  has  been  laid  out,  and 
improvements  of  a  permanent  nature  will  be  commenced  early 
in  the  spring.     No  expense  will  be  spared  to  make  this  an  at- 
tractive point,  and  a  thriving  village  will  soon  be  built. 
The  third  suburban  station  is 

PACIFIC, 

Which  is  only  six  and  a  quarter  miles  from  the  Court-House 
in  Chicago,  and  is  located  upon  a  beautiful  tract  of  land,  which 
has  been  laid  out  in  large  lots  to  accommodate  the  better  class 
of  people  who  are  seeking  homes  out  of  the  noise  and  dust  of 
the  city.  Streets  are  bemg  graded ;  an  artesian  well  sunk ;  and 
sidewalks  laid.  Contracts  have  been  made  for  the  erection  of  a 
number  of  houses  in  the  spring ;  and  from  the  liberal  spirit 
Aviiich  has  been  manifested  by  the  owners  of  the  land  in  and 
about  Pacific,  in  laying  out  and  improving  the  town,  it  is 
certain  that  it  will  become  a  very  popular  suburb. 

FORTY-SIXTH  STREET  CROSSING  AND  KELVYN  GROVE. 

At  west  Forty-Sixth  street,  half  a  mile  beyond  Pacific,  and 
three-quarters  of  a  mile  west  of  the  city  limits,  is  the  crossing  of 
the  new  line  of  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Eailway. 

This  crossing,  with  the  station  next  west,  will  accommodate  the 
large  population  soon  to  occupy  the  extensive  and  beautiful  sub- 
division now  being  prepared  for  market,  by  the  Hon.  S.  S.  Hayes. 

The  entire  tract  embraces  seven  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  ele- 
vated from  twenty-five  to  forty  feet  above  Lake  Michigan,  partly 
fine  oak  groves,  and  is  being  laid  out  upon  a  scale  of  grandeur 
scarcely  paralleled  in  the  suburbs  of  any  city. 

The  leading  feature  is  a  boulevard  two  hundred  feet  wide,  upon 
which  there  are  six  miles  of  frontage  in  this  property.  There  are, 
besides,  eighteen  miles  of  frontage  on  streets  one  hundred  feet 
wide,  and  as  much  more  upon  streets  sixty-six  feet  wide  —  on  all 
of  which  a  uniform  building  line  is  established  from  fifteen  to 
thirty  feet  back  from  tlie  front.     The  lots  are  large  and  deep. 


THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    KAILROAD.  W 

Five  thousand  shade  trees  have  been  planted  this  spring,  defin- 
ing the  blocks.  The  streets  are  to  be  graded  and  sidewalks  madt-, 
and  the  erection  of  churches,  school-houses,  and  a  large  number 
of  dwelling-houses,  is  expected  soon  to  be  commenced. 

(J  ALE  WOOD 

Is  the  name  of  a  station  which  has  been  located  at  a  point  two 
and  a  quarter  miles  from  the  city  limits.  The  land  here  rises 
from  sixty  to  eighty  feet  above  the  level  of  Lake  Michigan,  and 
is  beautifully  situated  fgr  a  suburban  town. 

MONT  CLARE, 

The  next  station,  is  only  a  mile  and  a  half  from  Corrinna,  and  is 
on  high  land  Avhich  overlooks  the  surrounding  country,  offering 
superior  locations  for  Innlding  sites. 

ORISON, 

A  mile  west  of  Sayer,  is  handsomely  located  for  a  suburban  sta- 
tion, and  will  be  laid  out  in  large  lots,  which  will  attract  the 
best  class  of  residents  who  desire  to  leave  the  city  for  homes  in 
the  country. 

At  Galewood,  Mont  Clare  and  Orison,  commodious  and  ele- 
gant depot  buildings  have  been  erected,  and  a  fine  business  is 
springing  up.  Large  quantities  of  building  materials  have  already 
been  contracted  for,  and  are  being  taken  out  to  these  stations  by 
the  trains  :  and  from  present  indications  it  is  expected  that  one 
hundred  houses  will  be  erected  at  each  of  these  stations  during 
the  year  1873. 

The  road  crosses  the  Aux  Plaines  river  at 

RIVER  PARK, 

At  a  distance  of  only  eight  miles  from  the  city  limits  of  Chicago, 
Situated  in  the  midst  of  a  fine  grove  of  timber,  on  a  river  afford- 
ing natural  facilities  for  drainage  such  as  few  towns  possess,  River 
Park  will  be  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive  suburban 
places  within  a  radius  of  twenty  miles  from  Chicago. 

The  company  have  determined  to  run  hourly  trains,  equipped 
with  all  the  modern  imjirovements,  from  the  city  to  River  Park, 
stopping  at  every  station,  and  carrying  passengers  at  low  rates  of 
fare.     They  are  assured  of  a  large  and  paying  business  for  their 


no  THE    CHICAGO    AJTD    PACIFIC    EAILROAD. 

suburban  trains  at  once,  from  the  fact  that  hundreds  of  families 
are  preparing  to  move  on  to  the  line  of  the  road  to  avail  them- 
selves of  the  advantages  offered  by  the  company,  as  it  is  under- 
stood that  one  of  the  specialties  of  the  Chicago  &  Pacific  Eailroad 
will  be  the  accommodation  of  the  suburban  travel ;  and  as  no 
other  road  has  ever  made  any  especial  effort  in  that  direction,  it  is 
fair  to  suppose  that  with  the  inducements  of  cheap  fares,  hourly 
trains,  superior  accommodations,  and  healthy,  thriving  towns, 
the  company  will  secure  a  large  income  from  this  source  alone. 

Between  Eiver  Park  and  Elgix,  a  distance  of  twenty-three 
miles,  there  will  be  several  stations,  from  which  a  large  business 
will  be  derived ;  especially  will  this  be  the  case  at 

ROSELLE. 

Twenty-four  miles  from  Chicago,  in  the  centre  of  four  very 
rich  townships  is  Roselle.  It  is  the  centre  of  the  four  very  rich 
townships  of  Bloomingdale,  Schaumberg,  Elk  Grove  and  Addison, 
■which  is  destined  to  be  at  no  distant  day  an  important  suburban 
town.  The  people  of  the  four  townships  named  above,  who  are 
all  wealthy  farmers,  will  make  this  their  market  town,  and  already 
lumber  and  coal  yards  are  being  opened  here  —  a  store,  blacksmith 
and  wagon  shop,  a  mill,  and  other  requisites  for  a  town. 

It  is  estimated  that  the  business  of  Roselle  will  amount  to 
thirty  thousand  dollars  the  first  year,  and  will  of  course  increase 
considerably  every  year  with  the  increase  of  population  and  the 
natural  growth  of  the  country.  Arrangements  are  making  for 
sinking  an  artesian  well,  and  a  large  tract  (1,000  acres)  of  beau- 
tiful land  is  being  laid  out  into  large  lots  by  one  of  the  most 
eminent  landscape  gardeners  in  the  West,  which  will  prove  very 
attractive  to  persons  desirous  of  securing  a  desirable  suburban 
home.  'I'his  town  is  situated  on  a  high  and  rolling  prairie,  inter- 
spersed with  groves  of  native  trees,  which  give  it  a  very  pictur- 
esque appearance. 

The  country  immediately  adjoining  Eoselle  is  Avell  watered 
by  springs  and  small  streams,  afibrding  rich  pasturage  which  will 
support  a  large  number  of  the  finest  dairy  farms  in  the  State. 

There  are  now  within  a  few  miles  of  Roselle  eight  cheese  fac- 
tories, the  product  of  which  will  be  shipped  to  Chicago  over  the 
Chicago  &  Pacific  Railroad. 


THE    <'niCA(;()    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  21 


elgi:n^, 

AND  ITS  MANUFACTURES. 


The  road  crosses  the  Fox  river  at  Elgin,  at  a  distance  of  thirty- 
live  (35)  miles  from  Chicago,  being  eight  miles  shorter  than  the 
line  of  the  Galena  Division  of  the  Northwestern  Railway,  which 
also  crosses  the  Fox  river  at  this  point. 

Elgin  is  a  city  of  seven  thousand  inhabitants,  beautifully  situ- 
ated on  both  sides  of  the  Fox  river,  which  is  one  of  the  most 
picturesque  and  lovely  streams  in  the  State.  On  the  west  side  of 
the  river  rises  a  high  bluflf  which  extends  the  whole  length  of  the 
city,  and  is  occupied  by  many  handsome  residences.  On  the  east 
side,  and  near  the  river,  is  the  principal  business  portion  of  the 
city,  and  the  manufacturing  establishments. 

Surrounding  the  city,  on  every  side,  are  hills  and  valleys  which 
are  unsurpassed  for  beauty  and  healthfulness  by  any  other  locality 
in  the  State,  and  which  will  in  the  course  of  a  very  few  years  be 
covered  by  the  villas  and  elegant  country  residences  of  many  of 
the  capitalists  and  business  men  of  Chicago. 

The  great  Chicago  fire  of  October  8th  and  9th,  1871,  which 
startled  the  world  by  the  extent  of  the  city  bumed  over,  the 
tremendous  loss,  and  the  suddenness  with  which  one  hundred 
thousand  persons  were  rendered  homeless,  led  thousands  of  busi- 
ness men,  Avho  had  resided  in  the  city  for  years,  to  seek  a  home 
for  their  families  where  they  would  be  free  from  the  liability  of 
ever  again  witnessing  a  repetition  of  the  fearful  scenes  of  that 
terrible  conflagration. 

In  selecting  a  home  out  of  the  city,  the  first  things  thought  of 
are,  a  healthy  location,  pleasant  scenery,  and  satisfactory  church 
and  school  accommodations.  In  all  of  these  respects  Elgin  is 
unsui-passed  by  any  city  of  its  size  in  Illinois.  It  is  one  of  the 
most  healthful  localities  in  the  State,  and,  so  far  as  scenery  is 


^-^  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    KATI.HOAD. 

concerned,  it  is  all  that  could  be  desired.  AVith  its  beautiful 
river  running  through  the  center  of  the  city,  its  hills  and  groves 
on  every  side,  making  the  choicest  building  sites  that  can  be 
found  anywhere,  and  a  gravel  subsoil  which  precludes  the  idea  of 
mud,  it  presents  a  combination  of  attractions  such  as  very  few 
places  in  the  West,  and  none  within  the  same  distance  from 
Chicago,  possess.  Add  to  these  its  excellent  public  schools, 
which  are  a  credit  to  the  city  —  the  Elgin  Academy,  a  superior 
institution,  conducted  upon  liberal  and  unsectarian  principles, 
and  accommodating  some  four  hundred  students  —  its  thirteen 
churches,  representing  all  denominations — an  opera-house  seat- 
ing fifteen  hundred  persons — the  city  lighted  by  gas  —  a  well- 
organized  fire  department — and  an  intelligent,  industrious,  law- 
abiding  population,  and  you  will  see  at  once  that  Elgin  is  destined 
to  be  one  of  the  most  popular  suburban  cities  in  Northern  Illinois. 

The  Fox  river  affords  a  sj^lendid  water  power,  and  the  close 
proximity  of  Elgin  to  Chicago,  and  also  to  the  great  coal  fields  of 
Illinois  and  Indiana,  make  it  one  of  the  most  desirable  locations 
for  manufacturing  establishments  in  the  West.  It  is  already 
becoming  widely  known  as  a  manufacturing  center ;  and  with 
the  impetus  which  will  be  given  to  it  by  the  completion  of  the 
Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad,  it  must  of  necessity  become  one  of 
the  principal  manufacturing  towns  of  Illinois. 

Among  the  important  manufacturing  establishments  now  in 
full  operation  in  the  city  are  the  works  of 

THE    NATIONAL    (eLGIN)    WATCH    COMPANY, 

Which  began  operations  in  1867,  and  now  own  property  in  build- 
ings, machinery,  etc.,  to  the  value  of  over  one  million  dollars. 
They  have  in  their  employ  over  six  hundred  persons,  who  turn 
out  nearly  two  hundred  perfect  watches  every  day. 

The  monthly  pay-roll  of  the  company  now  amounts  to  over 
thirty  thousand  dollars. 

The  employees  of  this  great  establishment  are  well  educated, 
refined,  intelligent  and  enterprising  citizens;  many  of  whom  own 
handsome  homes  here,  and  are  foremost  in  all  works  for  the 
improvement  of  the  city.  Several  of  the  men  employed  by  the 
National  Watch  Company  are  among  the  most  eminent  skilled 
uiuciiaii  ics  in  the  United  States,  and  the  manufacture  of  watches 


THK    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  -i  ' 

is  the  most  delicate  mechanical  work  known,  recjuiring  a  scientific 
knowledge  vastly  superior  to  tlie  majority  of  mechanical  employ- 
ments. 

In  18G7  the  company  turned  oi\i  three  thousand  watches;  in 
18G9  the  product  was  over  twenty-two  thousand  ;  and  for  the  year 
18T2  they  will  probably  make  over  itftij  thousand;  and  even 
then  tliey  will  be  unable  to  fill  the  orders  which  they  now  have 
on  hand. 

The  success  of  this  company  is  unprecedented  in  the  history  of 
the  world ;  their  watches  are  to  be  found  in  every  part  of  the 
globe  which  has  been  visited  by  civilized  man;  and  they  are  still 
improving  their  production  and  extending  their  business. 

The  location  of  their  works  at  Elgin  has  been  of  immense 
importance  to  the  city ;  and  the  company  have  done  more  than 
all  else  to  bring  Elgin  before  the  world  as  a  manufacturing  cen- 
ter. Their  business  is  increasing  so  rapidly  that  the  frequent 
enlargement  of  their  works  is  necessitated ;  and  it  is  expected 
that  within  a  few  years  the  company  will  employ  from  fifteen 
hundred  to  two  thousand  operatives. 

THE    FOX    RIVER   MANUFACTURIXG    COMPANY 

Have  a  first-class  woolen  mill,  in  which  they  give  employment  to 
a  large  number  of  men.  They  are  manufacturing  cassimeres, 
flannels,  and  other  goods  of  a  high  grade,  and  their  business  is 
rapidly  increasing. 

THE    ELGIN    MILK-CONDENSING    COMPANY 

Is  one  of  the  largest  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  country, 
and  the  product  of  their  Elgin  works  is  used  in  almost  every 
country  on  the  globe.  Gail  Borden,  of  New  York,  is  the  presi- 
dent of  the  company,  and  to  his  untiring  energy  and  zeal  is 
largely  due  the  great  success  of  the  enterprise.  The  company 
does  a  very  large  biisiness,  and  in  1871  paid  the  Xorthwestern 
Railway  over  $6,000.00  for  freight  alone. 

THE    ELGIN   IRON-WORKS 

Is  an  important  establishment  of  the  kind,  and  is  doing  a  large 
business,  which  has  been  nearly  doubled  in  the  past  two  years. 
The  fact  that  the  iron  ore  of  Lake  Superior  can  be  landed  on  the 


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THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILEOAD. 


Chicago  and  Pacific  Eailroad  Company's  docks  in  Chicago,  and 
shipped  to  Elgin  at  less  expense  than  it  would  require  to  cart  it 
to  the  remote  parts  of  Chicago,  and  the  further  fact  that  the  cele- 
brated block  coal  of  Indiana  (wliich  is  unsui-passed  by  any  coal 
in  the  world  for  iron-working)  can  be  shipped  to  Elgin  by  the 
Chicago  and  Pacific  Eailroad  without  reloading,  and  at  very 
slight  expense,  makes  it  almost  certain  that  Elgin  will,  within  a 
few  years,  become  largely  interested  in  the  manufacture  of  iron. 
A  proposition  is  already  on  foot  to  establish  iron-works  there 
which  will  employ  several  hundred  workmen. 

THE    ELGIN"   DAIKT  COMPANY, 

Established  in  1870,  is  doing  a  large  business  in  the  manuftic- 
ture  of  butter  and  cheese,  and  has  already  established  a  reputa- 
tion for  its  products  which  is  second  to  none  in  the  country.  By 
the  market  reports  it  will  be  seen  that  the  Elgin  Dairy  Co.'s. 
cheese  and  butter  command  a  higher  price  than  any  other  brands 
m  the  market. 

THE   ELGIN   PACKING    COMPANY, 

Have  extensive  works  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  for  packing 
or  hermetically  sealing  tomatoes,  corn,  and  every  variety  of  fruit. 
A  large  and  profitable  business  is  being  done,  and  it  is  increasing 
constantly. 

THE   PHCENIX    FOUNDEY 

Is  quite  a  large  establishment,  devoted  principally  to  the  manu- 
facture of  school  furniture  and  other  light  castings,  which  are  all 
shipped  to  Chicago.  The  facilities  of  this  establishment  will  be 
greatly  increased  within  a  year,  and  the  business  nearly  doubled. 

OTHER   ESTABLISHMENTS. 

Among  the  manufacturing  establishments  of  less  importance, 
but  which  are  doing  a  considerable  business  in  their  various 
lines,  may  be  named  five  wagon  and  carriage  shops,  a  plow  fac- 
tory, a  washmg-machme  and  packing-box  factory,  a  reaper  fac- 
tory, a  large  brick  yard,  two  planing  mills,  a  sash,  door  and  blind 
factory,  a  shoe  factory,  and  four  flouring  mills. 

In  addition  to  the  above  manufacturing  establishments,  there 


THE   CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  25 

are  two  first-class  newspaper  and  printing  offices,  two  national 
banks,  and  over  sixty  mercantile  houses. 

There  is  also  a  large  amount  of  wool,  grain  and  pork  purchased 
here,  nearly  all  of  which  is  shipped  to  Chicago. 

The  receipts  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  from 
the  business  of  Elgin  during  the  year  1871,  were  as  follows ; 

From  freight $71,681.89 

From  passengers 61,923.60 

Total  Receipts .' $133,605.49 

From  the  foregoing  statistics,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  already 
large  business  of  Elgin  must  increase  with  every  succeeding  year, 
and  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company  confidently 
expect,  that,  having  shortened  the  distance  between  Chicago  and 
Elgin  over  eight  miles,  by  building  an  air-line  road,  and  by  this 
means  given  greatly  increased  facilities  to  manufacturers  and  all 
other  branches  of  business,  that  their  receipts  from  the  business 
of  Elgin  within  three  years  from  date,  will  exceed  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

FROM   ELGIN    TO   BYRON. 

From  the  Fox  river  west,  the  road  passes  through  the  towns  of 
Elgin,  Plato,  Burlington  and  Hampshire  in  Kane  county ; 
Genoa,  Kingston  and  Franklin  in  De  Kalb  county ;  and  Monroe, 
Scott  and  Marion  in  Ogle  county,  to  Byron  on  the  Rock  river, 
eighty-four  miles  west  of  Chicago,  all  of  which  are  old  and 
thickly-settled  towns,  and  which  will  give  the  road  a  large  busi- 
ness m  both  passengers  and  freight. 

Between  Elgin  and  Byron  (a  distance  of  fifty  miles)  the  line  is 
distant  twelve  miles  from  the  Galena  Division  of  the  Northwestern 
Railroad  on  the  north,  and  fourteen  miles  from  the  Iowa  Division 
of  the  Northwestern  on  the  south. 

This  section  of  country  is  at  present  largely  devoted  to  stock 
raising,  which  is  a  very  profitable  business  here.  When  the  stock 
is  ready  for  market  it  is  shipped  to  Chicago,  and  heretofore  many 
of  the  farmers  have  been  obliged  to  drive  their  stock  from  twelve 
to  eighteen  miles  to  a  depot. 

Appreciating  the  advantages  which  will  accrue  to  them  from  the 
completion  of  a  road  through  their  country,  the  people  living 


546  THE    CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    RAILKOAI). 

along  the  line  of  the  road  from  Elgin  to  Byron  have  subscribed 
liberally  to  the  capital  stock  of  the  company.  In  addition  to 
this,  they  will  aid  by  every  means  in  their  power  the  speedy  com- 
pletion of  the  road. 

BYRON. 

ITS   WATER-POWER  AND  NATURAL   ADVANTAGES. 

The  village  of  Byron  is  situated  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Eock 
river,  at  a  distance  of  eighty-four  miles  from  Chicago. 

The  Eock  river  at  this  point  is  over  seven  hundred  feet  wide, 
and  will  furnish  the  grandest  water-power  in  the  State  of  Illinois. 
Its  bed  is  solid  rock,  and  on  either  side  of  it  are  inexhaustible 
quarries  of  stone,  suitable  for  building  purposes,  which  will  be  a 
source  of  revenue  to  the  road  as  soon  as  the  track  reaches  them. 

A  more  beautiful  location  cannot  be  found  in  the  West.  Situ- 
ated, as  it  is,  on  a  high  and  level  plateau,  surrounded  by  a  country 
which  is  unsurpassed  in  beauty  and  fertility,  and  with  the  Eock 
river  running  through  it,  between  magnificent  bluflFs  which  remind 
one  of  the  beautiful  scenery  of  the  Upper  Mississippi,  it  is  truly 
a  most  delightful  place  for  a  town. 

The  want  of  railroad  facilities  has  greatly  retarded  the  pros- 
perity and  growth  of  the  village,  the  larger  proportion  of  the 
trade  of  the  country  being  done  at  the  place  of  marketing  the 
produce  of  the  farmers,  which  is  at  present  principally  at  Eock- 
ford,  fifteen  miles  up  the  river. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  farmers  have  heretofore  been 
compelled  to  transport  their  produce  to  market  with  teams  a  dis- 
tance of  ten  to  twenty  miles,  thrift  and  enterprise  are  seen  on  all 
sides,  and  the  buildings  and  other  improvements  will  compare 
favorably  with  any  other  section  of  the  State. 

It  is  for  the  same  reason  that  one  of  the  best  and  most  exten- 
sive water-powers  to  be  found  in  the  State  lies  unimproved. 

By  the  completion  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Eailroad,  Byron 
will  be  brought  nearer  to  Chicago  than  any  other  town  on  tlie 
Eock  river,  and  with  the  facilities  which  the  road  will  give  to  it, 
it  will,  without  doubt,  become  within  a  few  years  au  important 
manufacturing  center. 


THK    ClIICAdO    A  XI)    PACIFIC    KAILKOAI).  27 

FROM  BYRON  TO  THE  MISSISSIPPI. 

West  of  the  village  of  Byron  the  road  passes  through  the  towns 
of  Byron,  Leaf  Kiver,  Maryland  and  Forreston,  in  Ogle  county, 
and  thence  through  the  northern  part  of  Carroll  and  southern 
portions  of  Stephenson  and  Jo  Daviess  counties,  to  a  point  on 
the  Mississippi  river  opposite  Bellevue,  Iowa. 

This  entire  district  of  country,  from  Byron  to  the  Mississippi, 
which  is  rich,  productive,  and  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation, 
and  is  at  present  witho^^t  any  direct  railroad  connection  with 
Chicago,  will  give  the  road  a  large  local  business  at  once. 

The  completion  of  the  road  to  Bellevue  will  necessitate  the 
erection  of  a  grain  elevator  at  that  point  to  accommodate  the 
immense  grain  trade  of  Eastern  Iowa  and  the  Upper  Mississippi 
which  will  reach  the  Cliicago  market  by  this  route. 

BELLEVUE,  IOWA, 

Is  a  rapidly-growing  town  of  about  two  thousand  inhabitants, 
situated  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Mississippi  river,  about  twenty 
miles  south  of  Dubuque.  It  is  the  market  town  of  Jackson 
county,  and  will  doubtless  become  a  very  important  point.  The 
people  of  Bellevue  and  vicinity  are  anxious  to  have  the  road 
built,  and  will  give  the  company  material  aid  to  secure  its  speedy 
-completion. 


28  THE    CUICAGO    AS D    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


TRIBUTARY   OR  BRAISTCH  ROADS, 


Western  and  Northern  Connections. 


THE   SYCAMORE   BRANCH. 

At  Genoa  (twenty  miles  west  of  Elgin)  the  road  will  be  con- 
nected with  Sycamore  (the  county  seat  of  De  Kalb  county)  by  a 
branch  road  eight  miles  in  length,  which  will  be  built  by  the  citi- 
zens of  Sycamore  and  of  the  country  adjacent  to  it,  and  operated 
by  this  company,  the  completion  of  this  branch  will  give  to  the 
Chicago  and  Pacific  Eailroad  a  large  portion  of  the  business  oi 
the  city  of  Sycamore  and  the  rich  country  tributary  to  it.  Syca- 
more has  a  population  of  over  three  thousand.  It  contains  several 
manufacturing  establishments,  including  the  celebrated  "  Marsh 
Harvester,"  besides  a  number  of  cheese  factories,  etc.;  several 
churches  and  fine  graded  schools.  There  is  also  a  grain  elevator 
here,  the  proprietors  of  which  buy  large  quantities  of  grain,  mak- 
ing this  the  principal  grain  market  of  this  section.  Nearly  all  the 
grain  and  other  products  are  shipped  to  Chicago. 

THE   BELVIDERE   BRANCH. 

The  people  of  Belvidere  and  the  residents  of  the  section  or 
country  lying  between  Belvidere  and  Genoa,  will  probably  build 
a  branch  road  from  Belvidere  to  Genoa  to  connect  with  the 
Chicago  and  Pacific  Eailroad,  Avhich  will  give  to  this  company 
not  only  a  large  business  from  Belvidere  and  vicinity,  but  also 
the  whole  of  the  business  for  some  miles  each  side  of  the  branch 
road  from  Belvidere  to  Genoa.  The  city  of  Belvidere  is  the 
county  seat  of  Boone  county,  and  has  a  population  of  over  four 
thousand  inhabitants.     It  is  situated  on  the  Kishwaukee  river. 


THE    f'HirAGO    AXD    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  29 

at  a  distance  of  seveiity-eiglit  miles  from  Chicago;  and  is  the 
principal  market  town  of  the  county. 

JUNCTION    WITH   THE  CHICAGO   AXD   SUPERIOR    RAILROAD. 

Near  the  center  of  the  beautiful  fStillman  Valley,  eighty  miles 
west  of  Chicago,  about  twelve  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Rock- 
ford,  the  road  will  form  a  junction  with  the  Chicago  and  Superior 
Eailroad.  This  road  will  extend  north  through  Eockford  in  Illi- 
nois, to  Beloit,  Janesville,  or  some  point  north  of  it,  in  Wiscon- 
sin, which  will  connect  it  with  the  great  lumber  regions  of  that 
State. 

By  this  important  connection  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  will 
secure  a  share  of  the  business  of  Eockford,  one  of  the  largest 
cities  of  Northern  Illinois,  and  which  contains  at  present  more 
manufacturing  establishments  in  successful  operation  than  any 
other  city  in  the  State  except  Chicago.  To  the  people  of  Eock- 
ford and  vicinity,  the  completion  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacific 
Eailroad  is  looked  forward  to  as  an  important  event  in  their 
business  history,  as  it  will  give  a  western  and  southern  outlet  for 
their  manufactured  articles,  of  which  they  have  long  felt  a  great 
Avant. 

It  will  also  give  them  a  competing  line  to  Chicago,  which  will 
be  several  miles  shorter  than  the  only  road  they  now  have.  The 
connection  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  with  the  Chicago,  Danville 
and  Vmcennes  Eailroad,  by  which  the  block  and  other  coals  of 
Indiana  which  are  brought  to  Chicago  by  that  road,  can  be 
shipped  to  any  point  on  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  without  reload- 
ing, is  considered  a  very  important  one  by  manufacturers,  and 
will  be  of  great  advantage  to  Elgin,  Eockford,  and  other  manu- 
facturing cities. 

ROCKFORD   (THE   FOREST   CITY), 

Situated  on  both  sides  of  the  Eock  river,  midway  between  Chicago 
and  Galena,  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive  places  in 
the  State.  It  has  a  population  of  fourteen  thousand  inhabitants, 
and  Avith  its  magnificent  water-power  it  has  developed  an  immense 
manufacturing  interest,  which  Avould  very  soon  be  doubled  Avith 
the  facilities  Avhich  a  competing  road  Avoiild  give. 

The  following,  compiled  from  statistics  published  in  the  Eock- 


30  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILKOAD. 

ford  Journal  of  March  16th,  18T2,  will  give  the  reader  some  idea 
of  the  importance  of  Eockford  as  a  manufacturing  city : 

MANUFACTURING    INTERESTS    OF   ROCKFORD. 

"  One  of  the  most  important  interests  to  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  any  community  is  that  of  manufactures. 

We  have  taken  pains  to  visit  the  various  man uf\ictu ring  estab- 
lishments, and  we  feel  that  even  our  own  citizens  will  be  aston- 
ished at  the  magnitude  of  this  interest.  We  condense,  so  far  as 
possible,  and  present  the  following  list  • 

One  establishment  will  manufacture  this  season  1,000  culti- 
vators. 

Another,  1,300  corn  cultivators,  300  broadcast  seeders  and  cul- 
tivators, 100  to  200  Barnes  self-rake,  200  Acme  and  50  other 
mowers,  50  droppers  and  gleaners,  1,500  to  2,000  corn-planters, 
200  double  shovels,  1,000  to  2,000  caster  colters ;  they  also  make 
iron  furniture,  school-seat  castings,  etc. 

Another,  2,000  to  2,500  cultivators,  1,000  to  1,500  plows,  300 
to  500  caster  colters,  besides  a  large  number  of  harrows,  planters, 
reapers  and  mowers,  on  which  no  approximation  can  be  made. 

Another,  500  to  700  plows,  300  to  400  caster  colters. 

Another,  1,500  to  2,000  cultivators,  300  to  500  reapers. 

A  cotton  mill  does  a  business  to  the  value  of  $2,000  per 
week,  in  the  manufacture  principally  of  seamless  bags. 

Another  establishment  will  manufacture  1,500  to  2,000  seeders, 
300  to  500  corn-cultivators,  75  to  100  reapers. 

Another,  900  to  1,000  seeders,  200  to  300  feed  steamers. 

Another,  800  to  1,200  cultivators,  300  to  500  gang  plows,  400 
to  GOO  sulky  plows,  2,000  to  2,500  breaking  plows,  6,000  to  8,000 
stirring  plows,  3,000  to  5,000  rolling  colters. 

Another,  from  600  to  700  cultivators. 

One  paper  mill,  print  and  wrappmg-paper  manufacturers,  con- 
sume about  1,500  tons  of  straw,  and  1,400  tons  of  coal  per  annum, 
resulting  in  about  900  tons  of  paper. 

The  malleable  iron  works  furnish  extensive  quantities  of  iron 
for  reapers,  cultivators,  plows,  etc.  Plow  clevises  alone  amount 
to  100,000.  They  use  about  500  tons  of  pig  iron,  and  500  tons 
of  hard  coal. 

Another  manufacturer  of  iron,  force,  suction  and  lift  pumps, 
and  general  jobbing,  will  make  this  season  3,000  pumps. 


THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    IJAII.KOAD.  HI 

One  firm  of  woolen  manufacturers — G,OUO  yards  of  cassimeres, 
6,000  yards  of  flannels,  7,000  yards  of  repellants,  3  tons  of  wool 
into  stocking  yarn. 

A  carriage,  plow  and  machine  bolt  factory  turns  out  10,000 
per  day. 

Another  firm  manufacturing  carpet  warps  and  twines,  do  a 
business  to  the  value  of  about  13,000  per  week. 

Another  firm  will  manufacture  50,000  butter  tubs. 

Another,  about  30,000  flour  barrels  and  tubs. 

The  clothes-pin  factory  is  turning  off  from  250  to  300  gross 
per  day. 

The  wire  works  — 250,000  to  300,000  feet  of  wire  cloth,  10,000 
dozen  sieves,  25,000  dozen  riddles,  coal  sifters,  screens,  etc. 

One  firm  manufacture  carriage,  machine  bolts,  sickles,  etc. 
Of  bolts,  they  turn  off  4,000  per  day,  and  will  manufacture  this 
season  1,000  sickles. 

Door,  Sash  and  Blinds. — This  interest  is  of  great  importance, 
and  gives  employment  to  many  men,  but  it  is  impossible  to 
approximate  the  number  of  articles  manufactured. 

The  Rockford  Wind  Mill.  Will  make  this  season  from  800 
to  1,000. 

Wooden  Pumps. — This  interest  is  also  one  of  growing  impor- 
tance. There  will  be  manufactured  this  season  from  2,000  to 
3,000. 

There  are  five  flouring  mills,  with  a  capacity  of  1,800  barrels 
per  day. 

The  manufacturers  of  first-class  carriages  will  build  this  season 
from  400  to  450.  They  find  it  difficult  to  fill  orders  with  their 
present  facilities,  and  will  soon  enlarge. 

Hands  Employed. —  In  the  above  list  of  our  leading  manufac- 
turers, are  employed  nearly  1,200  hands,  the  large  majority  of 
whom  are  heads  of  families.  Taking  the  usual  standard,  that  a 
family  will  average  four  persons,  it  is  not  an  unreasonable  state- 
ment to  make,  that  our  manufacturers  are  feeding  at  least  4,000 
mouths  —  nearly  one-third  of  our  entire  population. 

If,  then,  manufacturing  is  of  such  vast  importance  to  our  com- 
munity, how  anxious  should  our  capitalists  and  people  be  to  aug- 
ment and  encourage  this  great  interest !  Let  us  welcome  every 
entei-prising  firm  or  man — extend  the  Avarmest  hand — and  with 


32  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    iJAILROAD. 

the  near  approach  of  additional  railroad  facilities,  who  can  tell 
what  Eockford  may  yet  be  ?  " 

JUNCTION   WITH   THE   ILLINOIS   CENTRAL   RAILROAD. 

At  Forreston,  in  Ogle  county,  nine  miles  south  of  Freeport, 
the  road  crosses  the  main  line  of  the  Illinois  Central  Eailroad,  at 
B  distance  of  a  little  less  than  one  hundred  miles  from  Chicago. 
By  making  a  connection  at  this  point  with  the  Chicago  and 
Pacific,  the  Illinois  Central  will  have  the  shortest  line  from 
Dubuque  to  Chicago  upon  which  to  run  their  trains ;  and  an 
arrangement  of  this  kind  will  undoubtedly  be  made  between  the 
two  companies,  as  the  Illinois  Central  owns  no  line  from  the  west 
to  Chicago. 

This  will  give  to  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  a  very  large  business, 
as  the  traffic  between  Chicago  and  Dubuque  (the  key  city  of 
Iowa)  is  of  itself  sufficient  to  pay  for  the  operating  of  a  line  of 
railroad  between  the  two  cities. 

The  Illinois  Central  Company,  in  addition  to  their  Illinois 
lines,  are  now  operating,  under  a  long  lease,  the  Dubuque  and 
Sioux  City  Railroad,  which  extends  across  the  State  of  Iowa  from 
Dubuque,  on  the  Mississippi  river,  to  Sioux  City  on  the  Missouri 
river  They  are  also  operating  a  line  of  road  of  about  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  miles  in  length,  extending  from  Cedar  City,  on 
the  Dubuque  and  Sioux  City  Railroad,  to  Austin,  Minnesota. 

These  two  roads  give  to  the  Illinois  Central  an  immense  busi- 
ness, a  large  portion  of  which  goes  to  Chicago ;  and  upon  the 
completion  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  all  of  their 
Chicago  business  will  undoubtedly  go  over  this  road,  as  such  an 
arrangement  will  save  them  over  twenty  miles  in  distance,  and 
more  than  an  hour  in  time. 

THE  WARREN   AND  MINERAL  POINT  BRANCH. 

The  people  of  Warren,  with  the  capitalists  of  Mineral  Point 
and  others  who  are  interested  in  the  mines  of  that  section,  are 
making  arrangements  to  construct  a  branch  road,  some  twenty 
miles  in  length,  from  Berriman,  in  Jo  Daviess  county,  at  a  dis- 
tance of  thirty-five  miles  west  from  Byron,  to  Warren,  in  Jo 
Daviess  county,  to  connect  at  the  latter  place  with  the  Platte- 
ville  and  Mineral  Point  Railroad,  which  taps  the  rich  mineral 
country  north  of"  Galena.     From  this  section  a  large   business 


TH£    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


:i3 


may  be  expected.  The  people  living  along  the  line  are  anxious 
to  have  this  branch  built,  which  will  give  them  direct  comniuni- 
eation  with  Chicago,  and  thus  increase  the  value  of  their  pro- 
ducts. 

CONNECTION  WITH  THE  DUBUQUE  AND  MINNESOTA  K.  R. 

At  Bellevue,  Iowa,  the  road  will  connect  with  the  Dubuque 
and  Minnesota  Railroad,  which  extends  from  Clinton  to  St.  Paul, 
and  which  will  doubtless  give  the  C.  &  P.  a  large  business  in 
both  passengers  and  freight,  as  it  will  furnish  them  almost  an  air 
line  across  the  State  of  Illinois  from  the  Mississippi  river  to 
Chicago. 

GRAVEL  FOR  BALLAST. 

For  miles  each  side  of  the  Fox  River,  there  are  inexhanstable 
beds  of  the  finest  gravel  immediately  adjoining  the  track,  and  so 
situated  as  to  be  easily  worked  at  all  seasons  of  the  year,  which 
will  be  of  immense  value  to  the  Company  in  furnishing  ballast 
for  the  road  bed.  There  is  also  plenty  of  gravel  at  Byron,  on  the 
Rock  river,  and  at  several  other  points  between  Elgin  and  the 
Mississippi,  where  all  the  ballast  which  will  ever  be  required  for 
the  entire  road  can  be  easily  and  cheaply  obtained. 

TABLE   "A.," 

Compiled  from  the  official  record  of  the  proceedings  of  tlie  Illinois 
State  Board  of  Equalization,  and  showing  the  valuation  of  real 
and  personal  property  in  the  counties  of  Illinois  traversed  by  and 
contiguous  to  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad,  on  the  first  day 
of  April,  A.  D.  187;> : 


Counties. 

Personal 
Property. 

Railroad 
Property. 

Lands. 

Town  and 
City  Lots. 

Total 
Property 

DuPage  

13,594,875 

$1,795,330 

$10,609,690 

$  1,438,960 

$10,438,855 

Kane 

8,195,290 

2,990,685 

17.691,130 

12,239.100 

41.116.305 

De  Kalb  .... 

3,807,628 

737,638 

12,058,644 

1,531.748 

18,115.648 

Ogle 

5,737.173 

485,040 

11,935,287 

1,697.097 

19,854,597 

Boone  

1,775,175 

672,006 

3,977,472 

72.. 248 

7,145.901 

Winnebago  . 

■  4,389,396 

1,211,082 

8.332,287 

4,205,907 

18,138.672 

Stephenson  . 

3,534,090 

486,132 

9,598,557 

1,959,453 

15,578.232 

Carroll 

2,223,180 

4.50,951 

5,230,233 

770,247 

8.674.611 

Jo  Daviess.  . 

3,337,567 

480,000 

4,620,036 

1,327,941 

9,755,544 

Totals 

$35,584,374 

$9,298,854 

$84,053,336 

$25,881,701 

$154,818,265 

34 


THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


TABLE   "B," 

JShowing  the  population  in  1860  and  18  Tl,  of  the  counties  of 
Illinois  traversed  by  and  contiguous  to  the  road,  and  the  increase 
in  population  during  the  last  eleven  years : 


Namk  of  County. 


Population         Population       Increase  in 
in  1871.  11  years. 


DuPage .... 

Kane 

DeKalb.... 

Boone  

Ogle 

Winnebago 
Carroll  .... 
Stephenson 
Jo  Daviess  . 


,024 
,079 
,670 
,863 
,457 
,718 
,112 
,147 


17,285 
41,791 
24,175 
13,542 
29,293 
30,801 
18,205 
32,218 
27,800 


Totals 


186,766 


235,110 


2,589 
11,767 
5,096 
1,872 
6,430 
6,344 
6.487 
7,106 
653 


48,344 


By  reference  to  the  above  table,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  popula- 
tion of  the  counties  traversed  by  and  contiguous  to  the  Chicago 
and  Pacific  Railroad  has  increased  very  considerably  during  the 
past  eleven  years;  and  the  rapid  development  of  manufactures 
through  this  section  of  the  State  must  inevitably  largely  increase 
the  population  each  year,  giving  to  this  company  a  lucrative  busi- 
ness from  the  start,  and  which  will  continue  to  increase  with 
succeeding  years. 

TABLE   "C." 

In  the  foregoing  tables  of  the  value  of  real  and  personal  prop- 
erty, the  increase  in  population,  etc.,  in  the  counties  of  Illinois 
traversed  by  and  contiguous  to  the  Chicago  and  Pacific,  the 
county  of  Cook,  in  which  is  the  eastern  terminus  of  the  road,  and 
through  which  it  runs  for  a  distance  of  over  twenty  miles,  has 
been  omitted,  and  is  here  given  by  itself: 

The  population  of  Cook  county  .in  1860  was  143,947  ;  in  18T1 
it  was  403,750  —  showing  an  increase  in  eleven  years  of  over 
259,000  persons. 

The  following  figures,  compiled  from  the  official  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  Illinois  State  Board  of  Equalization,  show  the 
valiuition  of  real  and  personal  property  in  the  county  of  Cook,  on 
the  first  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1873  : 


THE    CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


Personal 
Property. 

Railroad 
Property. 

Lands. 

Town  and 

City  Lots. 

Total 
Property. 

$53,865,186 

$9,171,741 

$32,213,184 

$186,278,286 

$281, .528,397 

The  iigures  given  in  the  foregoing  tables  are  far  below  the  real 
value  of  the  property  mentioned,  as  it  is  estimated  that  from  oue- 
fourth  to  one-third  of  the  entire  property  in  this  State  escapes 
taxation ;  and  also  that  property,  as  a  rule,  is  assessed  at  much 
less  than  its  real  value.  So  that  to  show  the  actual  value,  from 
twenty-five  to  forty  per  cent,  should  be  added  to  the  amounts  here 
given. 


LOCAL    BUSII^^ESS. 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RAILROAD  COMMISSIONER'S  REPORT. 

The  State  Board  of  Railroad  and  Warehouse  Commissioners 
of  Illinois,  in  their  first  annual  report  to  the  Governor,  issued 
January,  1872  —  after  giving  in  detail  the  statistics  of  the  busi- 
ness of  the  various  railroad  companies  doing  business  in  Illinois 
—  say  that  the  local  traffic  is  much  the  largest  portion 
OF  the  business  of  all  railroads,  being  in  this  State 

RARELY   IF    EVER    LESS   THAN   NINETY    PER   CENT.  OF  THE  GROSS 
EARNINGS. 


THE  CHICAGO  AND  ALTON  RAILROAD 

In  the  Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  President  and  Directors 
of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Company  for  the  year  ending 
December  31st,  1871,  issued  February,  1872,  they  make  the  fol- 
lowing statement : 

PASSENGERS. 

"This  Company  transported  during  the  year  1871,  seven  hun- 
dred and  fifteen  thousand  six  hundred  and  sixty-two  (715,663) 
passengers,  and  of  the  entire  passenger  traffic  for  the  year,  ninety- 
four  and  six-tenths  per  cent,  traveled  between  local  stations,  and 
five  and  four-tenths  per  cent,  were  through  passengers." 


36  THE   CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

Nearly  ninety-tire  per  cent,  of  the  passenger  traffic  being  local 
business. 

FREIGHT. 

In  the  same  report  they  say : 

"The  proportion  between  through  and  local  freights  being 
10.46  per  cent,  of  the  former  to  89.54  per  cent,  of  the  latter." 

Nearly  ninety  per  cent,  of  the  entire  freight  traffic  of  the  road 
being  local  business. 

The  reports  of  a  majority  of  the  railroads  of  Illinois  show  that 
the  local  business  is  the  principal  source  of  their  income,  and 
that  those  roads  which  have  a  rich  and  prosperous  section  of 
country  to  back  them  —  such  as  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  passes 
through  —  invariably  pay. 


THE   CHLOAGO    AND    PACIFIC    KAll.ROAl).  37 


CKOSSINU  OF  THE  WESTERN  UNION  RAII.ROAI). 


At  Shaiinoii,  eight  miles  west  of  Forreston  (see  page  o2)  and 
twenty  miles  east  of  Savanna,  the  Chicago  &  Pacific  crosses  the 
Western  Union  Railroad,  at  a  distance  of  one  hundred  and  thir- 
teen and  a  half  miles  from  Chicago  via  the  Chicago  &  Pacific, 
and  one  hundred  and  seventy-nine  miles  from  Chicago  via  the 
Western  Union. 

In  the  official  report  of  the  business  of  the  Western  Union 
Railroad  for  187"^.  the  following  statistics  are  given : 

"  Abstract  of  freight  forwarded  from  Shannon,  Lanark,  Mt. 
Carroll,  Savanna  and  Thompson  stations,  by  the  Western  Union 
Railroad  during  the  year  1872: 

Wheat,  Rye,  Barley,  Oats,  etc 2,033,534  bushels. 

Flour 3,775  barrels. 

Pork  and  Beef 1,378       '• 

Dressed  Hog? 693,660  lbs. 

Eggs 310,700      " 

Butter 145,170      " 

Lard  and  Tallow 399,330      " 

Wool 4,730      •' 

Hides 54,330      " 

Merchandise 379,370      •' 

Machinery 33^00      " 

Agricultural  Implements 546,770      " 

Horses  and  Horned  Cattle 3,098  No. 

Hogs  and  Sheep 34,073      " 

Lumber 146,000  feet. 

Brick 58,300  No. 

Miscellaneous 4,094,380  lbs." 

From  the  fact  that  a  large  proportion  of  this  traffic  naturally 
belongs  to  Chicago  —  as  the  great  grain  and  produce  market  of  the 
world  —  and  would  go  there  if  it  could  be  reached  by  a  direct  line, 
it  is  certain  that  eventually  it  will  go  via  the  Chicago  &  Pacific 
Railroad. 


38  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


TO  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  BOAED  OF  DIRECTORS  OF 
THE  CHICAGO  AND  PACIFIC  RAILROAD. 


Gentlemen  :  I  submit  herewith  to  your  Board,  as  requested. 
a  statement  of  work  done  before  and  since  the  date  of  my  taking- 
charge  (March  1st,  1873)  of  the  line  of  tlie  Chicago  and  Pacific 
Railroad,  together  with  estimated  cost  of  construction  and  com- 
pletion of  the  road,  by  divisions. 

FIRST  DIVISIOIS^. 

I  found,  on  March  1st,  the  grading  partially  finished  for  34 
miles,  or  nearly  to  Fox  river ;  13  miles  of  iron  laid  from  Chicago 
west,  and  sufficient  cross-ties  and  material  to  complete  the  work 
to  Elgin. 

The  alignment  on  the  first  division  I  find  generally  direct,  the 
distance  between  Chicago  and  Elgin  being  35  miles ;  while  on 
the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  it  is  42  miles. 

The  average  grade  per  mile  is  16.5  feet;  the  maximum  grade  1 
foot  per  100,  or  53  feet  to  the  mile,  for  short  distances. 

As  soon,  after  assuming  charge,  as  the  weather  permitted,  a 
force  was  put  on  the  work  sufficient  to  keep  in  advance  of  the 
track-laying,  and  by  the  1st  of  June  we  expect  to  reach  the  city 
of  Elgin. 

The  course  of  the  road  is  through  a  well  settled  and  rich  sec- 
tion of  country,  for  the  most  part  consisting  of  undulating- 
prairie  and  timber  land,  the  details  of  which  are  correctly 'given 
in  your  published  description. 

ESTIMATP]D  COST  OF  FIRST  DIVISION  C.  &  P.  R.  R.— CHICAGO  TO 
ELGIN  — DISTANCE  35  MILES. 

Grading $63,000  00 

Grubbing  and  clearing 600  00 

Right  of  way  (including  Chicago).  ..280,000  00 

*343,600  00 


THE    (IIICAGO    AND    l'A<IFIC    KAILKOAD.  ■\'i) 

SUPKKtSTKUCTL'RE. 

Swing  bridires ^^lA'Jl  <)<> 

Trestle  work . . .  _ 'iO.liO  00 

Cattle  passes,  box  culverts,  cattle  guards    7,000  00 

Track  laying 14,000  ( >0 

Cross  ties 41,580  W 

Iron - 283,500  00 

Fish  plates,  spikes  and  fastenings 32,770  00 

Crossings,  frogs  and  sAvitches 4,( »00  00 

Ballasting  .  _  T 28,000  00 

.v4t;4.">i;    (Kt 

Water  tanks  and  coal  sheds 5,000  U( i 

Station  houses 24.()0()  ()<» 

Chicago  buildings,  engine  liouse,  repair 

shops  and  freight  house 93.4(10  00 

122.400  00 

Motive   power 08,420  00 

Rolling  stock ,114.960  00 

Fencing 21,700  00 

Engineering  and   stationerv 7,000  00 

^  '^  '  -  •.']2.<iso  00 

Total -^1-1 42.59;    00 

Average  per  mile 832.' ;45   oo 

ESTIMATED  RECEIPTS  FROM  THE  FIRST  DIVISION  OF  THE  C.  &  P. 
R.  R._  WHICH,  WHEN  COMPLETED,  WILL  EXTEND  FROM 
CHICAGO  TO  ELGIN— DISTANCE,  3.-)  MILES. 

IX    BUUX])    TRAFFIC 

U.  S.  mail  per  year *  1.500  00 

Express  merchandise 3.120  00 

Milk,  5,060  tons 24,960  00 

Freight,  14,000   tons   hauled,  average 

distance  24  miles,  regular  rates _  -   4(').soo  00 

Freight,  28,080  tons,  special  rates 37.440  00 

2,000  cars  gravel  and  sand. . . . 18,72i»  00 

6.240  passengers,  average  distance  25 

miles,  regular  rates 6.240  oo 

18,720  passengers,  average  distance  25 

miles,  special  rates 9,360  00 

5;148.200  00 


40  THE    CHICAGO    AXD    PACIFIC    KAILROAD. 


OUT    BOUND   TRAFFIC. 

U.  S.  mail  per  year $1,560  00 

Express  merchandise,  per  year 3,496  00 

14,000  tons  freight  liauled,  average  dis- 
tance 24  miles,  regular  rates 46,800  00 

28,080  tons  freight  hanled,  average  dis- 
tance 24  miles,  special  rates 37,440  00 

^5,240   passengers,  average  distance  25 

miles 6,240  00 

18,720  passengers,  average  distance  25 

miles,  special  rates - 9,360  00 

$103,896  00 

In  bound  traffic 148,200  00 

Total -  $252,096  00 

60  per  cent,  for  operating  expenses 151,257  60 

jSet  earnings  per  year $100,838  40 

Equal  to  8  per  cent,  on  $1,260,000  00. 

The  progress  of  these  counties  may  be  seen  by  the  following 
statistics : 

KANE  COUNTY. 

First  settlement  made  in  1834. 

The  population  in  1850  was 16,703 

1870  '-    39,151 

1871  " 41,791 

The  census  of  1870  gives  value  of  real  estate $25,152,198 

Value  of  personal  property 8,030,019 

"         farm  products  one  year. . 2,569,719 

The  report  of  the  State  board  of  equalization  for 
April,  1872,  gives : 

Real  estate $29,930,230 

Personal  property 8,195,290 

Railroad  property 2,990,685 


THK    CHICAGO    AND    PA(UFir    RAFLROAn.  4-1 

The  valuation  of  real  and  personal  property,  from  official  record 
of  October,  1871,  in  DeKalb  and  Ogle  counties,  gives: 


C.Mmtiei.       :Horie«,  Cattle,       Railroad           linproTed    [uniniproved 
Sheep.  HoRi.         property.              lands.        ]        land.. 

Umds.        City  and  vil-l      All  R«l 
lage  lots.           E:itate. 

DeKall) ....         794,940          172,686      2,28:j,274  '     152,017 
Ogle   631,&40      j     100,306       3,542,724  |     509,729 

2,975,291  !     369,558    |  3,344,849 
4,052,453  i     601,685    ■  4,654,l:M 

Total  valuation  of  all  property 

By  town  assessors 

By  State  board 5,950,387  6,191 ,935 


DeKat.u.  Oglk. 

By  town  assessors 14,518,632         *4,563,818 


seco:n^d  division. 

FROM    ELGIN   TO    HYHON. 

From  Elgin  west  our  line  passes  through  Kane,  DeKalb  and 
Ogle  counties  to  Byron  on  the  Eock  river  —  distance  from  Chi- 
cago 85  miles,  and  from  Elgin  50  miles.  The  alignment  is  direct, 
Byron  being  7  miles  north  of  Elgin ;  grade,  average  22  feet  to 
the  mile,  no  grades  exceeding  our  maximum  grade  of  53  to  the 
mile. 

At  Byron  the  river  bed  is  of  rock,  and  large  (juantities  of  good 
building  and  dimension  stone  are  adjacent  and  convenient  to 
our  line,  from  Avhich  Ave  can  supply  the  whole  country  bordering 
on  our  line  with  good  building  material.  Hence  the  need  of  a 
railroad,  especially  an  East  and  West  line,  has  long  been  realized. 
The  land  in  these  counties  is  cultivated  by  the  best  class  of 
farmers.  The  soil  is  of  a  deep  black  loam,  and  is  widely  known 
as  a  rich  grazing,  stock-raising  and  grain-producing  region, 
watered  by  streams  affording  ample  water-power  for  the  grist 
and  saw  mills  already  in  operation. 

The  Rock  river  runs  north  and  south,  centrally  through 
Ogle  county;  the  county  is  evenly  divided  between  high  rolling 
prairie  and  timber  belts,  which  furnish  fuel  and  building  mate- 
rial. 


42  THE    CHICAGO   AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD, 


ESTIMATED  COST  OF  SECOND   DIVISION  OF  THE  C.  &  P.  R.  R.— 
FROM  ELGIN  TO  BYRON  — DISTANCE,  50  MILES. 

Grading $84,342  00 

Grubbing  and  clearing 1,000  00 

Eight  of  way 60,000  00 

1145,342  00 

.SUPERSTRUCTURE. 

Bridging,  Howe  truss  and  masonry  ..^GO.OOO  00 

Trestle  bridging 20,000  00 

Cattle  passes,  box  culverts,  cattle  guards    5,000  00 

Cross  ties ' 59,400  00 

Steel  rails,  56  lbs 585,000  00 

Fish  plates,  fastenings  and  spikes 46,800  00 

Crossings,  frogs  and  switches 3,000  00 

Ballasting 40,000  00 

— 830,400  00 

Engine  houses  and  machine  shops 133,450  00 

Station  houses 15,000  00 

Water  tanks  and  coal  sheds 5,000  00 

153,450  00 

Fencing 31,000  00 

Motive  power 97,744  00 

Rolling  stock 164,330  00 

Engineering  and  stationery 14,534  00 

307,498  00 

Total $1,445,590  00 

Average  per  mile $38,913  00 


THIRD   DIVISI0:N^, 

EXTENDING  FROM  BYRON  TO  THE  MISSISSIPPI  RIVER  — 
DISTANCE  m  MILES. 

From  Byron  our  road  passes  through  the  following  toAvns : 
Byron,  Leaf  River,  Maryland  and  Forreston,  in  Ogle  county ; 
thence  through  the  township  of  Shannon  to  Shannon  in  Carroll 
county,  where  we  intersect  with  the  Western  Union  Railroad  — 
distance  from  Chicago,  one  hundred  and  thirteen  and  a  half  miles. 


THE    CHI(:A(i()    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD.  48 

The  intersecting  north  and  south  lines  projected  and  under 
construction,  whose  outlet  eastward  will  naturally  Ije  by  the 
Chicago  and  Pacific  railroad,  will  bring  a  large  and  remunerative 
business,  and  all  await  the  completion  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacific 
railroad  with  interest,  as  affording  them  a  most  important  con- 
nection. 

THIRD  DIVISION  CHK'A(iO  &  PACIFIC  K.  R.  — BYRON  TO  THE  MIS- 
SISSIPPI RIVER  — 48^  MILES.  ESTIMATED  COST  TO  SHANNON, 
WHERE  WE  CONNECT  WITH  THE  WESTERN  UNION  R.  R.— 
DISTANCE.  28  MILES  FROM  BYRON. 

Grading *.-)2,l)35  00 

Grubbing  and  clearing    1 ,200  00 

Eight  of^ way 34,200  00 

*88.335  00 

SUPERSTRrCTUKE. 

Bridging  and'trestle  work *22,O00  OO 

Cattle  passes,  box  culverts  and  cattle 

guards 3,000  00 

Track  laying 11.400  00 

Cross  ties 3T.620  00 

Steel  rail,  5G  lbs.  per  yard 333,450  00 

Fish  plates,  fastenings  and  spikes 26,iiT(!  00 

Crossings,  frogs  and  switches,  - 2.5O0  00 

Ballasting 22.800  00 

4.")9,44(;  00 

WATER   TAXKS,  COAL    SHEDS  AK])    DEPOTS. 

Water  tanks  and  coal  sheds *3.000  ()() 

Station  houses (i.OOO  00 

Engine  houses  and  repair  shops 128.150  00 

13r.l50  00 

Fencing 17,<y70  00 

Motive  poAver 92,830  00 

Rolling  stock 155,101  00 

Engineering  and  stationery 8,833  00 

2:4.500  00 

Total 8959,431  00 

Average  per  mile §33,664  00 


44  THiC    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


SUMMARY. 

ESTIMATED  COST  OF  ROAD  FROM  CHICAGO  TO  SHANNON  — 
DISTANCE,  113^  MILES. 

Grading $200,177  00 

Grubbing  and  clearing 2,800  00 

Right  of  wa\  (including  Chicago)  ...374,200  00 

$577,177  00 

SUPERSTRUCTURE. 

Truss  bridging  and  masonry $87,491  00 

Trestle  work "- 68,176  00 

Cattle  passes,  box  culverts,  cattle  guards  15,000  00 

Track  laying 45,400  00 

Cross  ties.--. . 138,600  00 

Iron,  56  ft)  rail  on  1st  division,  steel 

rail  on  2d  and  3d  divisions 1,201,950  00 

Fish  plates,  fastenings  and  spikes 106,246  00 

Crossings,  frogs  and  switches 9,500  00 

Ballasting -... 90,800  00 

1,763,163  00 

WATER   TANKS,    COAL    SHEDS   AND    DEPOTS. 

Water  tanks  and  coal  sheds 113,000  00 

Station  houses 45,000  00 

Engine  houses  and  repair  shops 355,000  00 

413,000  00 

Fencing 70,370  00 

Motive  power 259,000  00 

Rolling  stock 434,350  00 

Engineering  and  stationery 30,357  00 

794,077  00 

Total $3,547,417  00 

Average  per  mile $31,255  00 

The  above  estimate  assumes  the  construction  of  a  first  class 
road  in  every  respect ;  the  road-bed,  structures,  &c.,  such  as  may 
be  found  on  our  best  roads :  the  track  provided  with  the  most 
improved  fastenings  and  completely  ballasted. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  company  to  replace  the  iron  on  the 
first  division  with  steel,  at  a  cost  of  $150,000 ;  and  on  the  second 
and  third  divisions  steel  rail  will  be  used  throughout. 


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46  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 


Ill  place  of  submitting  an  estimate  of  the  traffic  to  be  secured 
from  all  the  above  sources  in  detail,  it  is  deemed  safer  to  exam- 
ine the  results  of  the  operations  of  the  Chicago  &  North-Western 
Railway,  within  the  State  of  Illinois,  as  reported  by  the  Railroad 
Commissioners,  including  the  Iowa  and  Galena  Divisions. 

As  I  have  already  stated  the  population  of  the  counties  through 
which  these  lines  pass,  I  now  give  the  average  per  mile  on  the 
Iowa  Division,  3,507;  Galena  Division,  2,832;  Chicago  &  Pacific, 
3,560.  Omitting  Cook  and  Du  Page  counties  the  average  will 
be :  Iowa  Division,  1,146  ;  Galena  Division,  1,069 ;  Chicago  & 
Pacific,  1,087. 

The  earnings  of  the  Chicago  &  North- Western  Railroad,  as 
reported  by  the  Railroad  Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
was,  for  1872,  $7,600  per  mile.  Now,  allowing  that  the  earnings 
of  the  Chicago  &  Pacific  Railroad  will  be  two-thirds  of  this 
amount,  we  have  $5,066,  and  deducting  60  per  cent,  for  the  cost 
of  operating,  13,039,  will  leave  12,027,  a  net  amount  sufficient 
to  pay  7  per  cent,  on  $29,000  per  mile  of  the  road. 

I  refer  to  the  fact  that  the  Chicago  &  Pacific  Railroad  has 
advantages  which  have  not  in  my  knowledge  been  surpassed  by 
any  other  new  line  of  road  in  the  coimtry,  viz. :  the  section 
through  which  it  passes  being  rapidly  developed  in  a  high  state 
of  cultivation,  and  prepared  to  furnish  a  large  amount  of  business 
for  the  road  as  fast  as  we  reach  it,  and  not  being  compelled  to 
wait  five  to  seven  years  for  the  country  to  become  populated  and 
business  created. 

The  through  connections  will  ensure  a  large  and  paying  busi- 
ness, the  local  traffic  on  our  Western  roads  being  from  70  to  90 
per  cent,  of  the  total  earnings.  For  the  above  reasons  it  may  be 
inferred  with  confidence  that  the  Chicago  &  Pacific,  when  com- 
pleted, will  equal  in  its  gross  earnings  the  Chicago  &  North- 
western Railway,  say  $8,000  per  mile. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  M.  WHITMAN, 

Chief  Engineer. 
Chicago,  May  ;mh,  1873. 


THK    (HICAOO    AXn    PATIFir    RAILROAD.  47 


WILL  THE   ROAD   PAY? 


This  is  a  (jiiestion  which  each  man  who  may  think  of  investing 
in  the  bonds  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacitic  Railroad  Company  will 
naturally  ask  ;  and  upon  the  answer  to  it  will  depend  his  action. 
A  glance  at  the  map  of  the  country  through  which  the  road 
passes,  and  the  connections  which  it  will  make,  will  convince  any 
person  at  all  conrersant  with  the  carrying  business  of  the  great 
States  of  Illinois,  Iowa,  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota,  that  a  rail- 
road having  its  eastern  terminus  at  Chicago,  which  is  not  only 
the  metropolis  of  the  Northwest,  but  also  the  center  of  the  rail- 
way system  of  America,  and  running  west,  on  almost  an  air  line, 
through  a  rich  and  thickly  settled  country,  studded  with  thriving 
villages  and  towns,  and  having  for  its  western  terminus  the  Mis- 
sissippi river,  that  great  artery  of  commerce  in  the  west,  must 
and  will  jyay. 

It  has  long  been  considered  by  American  investors  in  railway 
securities,  that  any  road  running  through  a  well  settled  country, 
and  having  its  terminus  in  Chicago,  will,  from  the  very  nature 
of  things,  do  a  paying  business. 

The  first  rail  of  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  was  laid  on 
the  10th  day  of  July,  1872,  and  by  the  first  of  June,  1873,  it  will 
be  completed  to  Elgin.  ^ 

On  the  Division  from  Elgin  west,  work  will  be  commenced  at 
once,  and  pushed  vigorously  to  rapid  completion. 

The  first  regular  trains  commenced  running  April  1-ith.  1873 ; 
and  already  a  fine  local  business  is  being  done. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  Chicago  and  Pacific  will 
not  have  to  depend  upon  through  business  —  obtained  by  expen- 
sive competition  with  other  roads  —  for  its  income.  While  it 
will,  without  doubt,  carry  its  full  share  of  the  products  of  Iowa, 
Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and  the  great  NortliAvest,  which  seek 
Chicago  for  a  market,  it  Avill,  at  the  same  time,  do  the  largest 
local  business,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  miles  operated,  of 
any  road  in  Illinois,  with  the  exception  of  the  Chicago,  Burling- 
ton and  Quincy  and  the  Chicago  and  Alton  railroads. 


48  THE    CHICAGO    AND    PACIFIC    RAILKOAD. 

The  rich  country  through  which  it  passes,  already  under  a  high 
state  of  cultivation,  and  inhabited  mainly  by  people  from  the 
middle  and  eastern  States ;  the  successful  manufacturing  towns 
Avhich  are  reached  by  it ;  the  immense  quantities  of  grain  and 
stock  raised,  in  the  country  traversed  by  and  contiguous  to  the 
road ;  the  number  of  suburban  towns  now  being  built  and  to  be 
built  along  its  line  :  its  connections  with  the  coal  fields  of  central 
Illinois  and  Indiana  on  the  south  and  east :  its  northern  connec- 
tions (by  the  way  of  Belvidere,  Eockford  and  Warren)  with  the 
lumber  and  mineral  regions  of  Wisconsin ;  its  western  connec- 
tions at  Forreston  with  the  Illinois  Central,  at  Shannon  with 
the  Western  Union,  and  at  Savanna  with  the  Sabula,  Ackley. 
and  Dakota  Railroad ;  its  northern  connection  at  Bellevue,  Iowa, 
with  the  Dubuque  and  Minnesota  Railroad,  leading  to  St.  Paul ; 
the  branches  which  will  undoubtedly  1)e  built,  giving  it  the 
business  of  several  towns  and  a  large  tract  of  country  now  almost 
wholly  devoid  of  railroad  facilities,  in  addition  to  that  which  its 
main  line  reaches ;  its  connections  at  Chicago  with  eastern  and 
southern  railroads,  the  Union  Stock  Yards  and  transfer  privileges, 
which  are  very  valuable ;  its  large  water-front  and  superior  dock 
accommodations  in  Chicago  —  all  go  to  warrant  the  assertion  that 
The  Chicago  and  Pacific  Railroad  will  Pay. 


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